#74B6BC#74B6BC

#74B6BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.068 H 203.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74B6BC
RGB	rgb(116, 182, 188)
HSL	hsl(185, 35%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(185, 38%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.3%, 3.2%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.03, -19.40, -9.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.03, 21.68, 206.53°)
OKLab	oklab(73.43% -0.0622 -0.0266)
OKLCH	oklch(73.43% 0.068 203.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.0042, 40.7975, 53.7028)
Luminance	0.4080 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74B6BC #BC7A74

analogous

#74BC9E #74B6BC #7492BC

triadic

#74B6BC #BC74B6 #B6BC74

tetradic

#74B6BC #9E74BC #BC7A74 #92BC74

square

#74B6BC #9E74BC #BC7A74 #92BC74

split-complementary

#74B6BC #BC7492 #BC9E74

monochromatic

#3B757B #4F9DA4 #74B6BC #9DCCD0 #C7E1E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#74B6BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.16

#74B6BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74B6BC

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74B6BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74B6BC	1.00	2.29	9.16	9.16
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB1BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A7BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#56BBB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74b6bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 182, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.068 203.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fccd0',
    500: '#74b6bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74b6bc;
$custom-light: #9fccd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74b6bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185,
    "s": 34.951,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73429,
    "c": 0.06767,
    "h": 203.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.408
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74B6BC

secondary

#D4BAB8

accent

#665DCB

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F3F8F9

border

#CDD1D2

text

#0F1314

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #74B6BC

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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